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''X-Ray'' Company headed across the open ground towards ''Long Toenail'' led by Lieutenant James Kelly's 1 Troop, and less than a mile short of the peak, Lieutenant David Stewart's 3 Troop took over the lead, but halfway up was stopped by heavy machine gun fire and forced back. The enemy positions were hit by Milans and some mortar fire, and now Lieutenant Chris Caroe's 2 Troop pushed on to the summit under naval artillery fire. Reaching there, they were forced back by Argentinian shellfire, but shortly returned driving off the Argentinian 3rd Platoon.  
 
''X-Ray'' Company headed across the open ground towards ''Long Toenail'' led by Lieutenant James Kelly's 1 Troop, and less than a mile short of the peak, Lieutenant David Stewart's 3 Troop took over the lead, but halfway up was stopped by heavy machine gun fire and forced back. The enemy positions were hit by Milans and some mortar fire, and now Lieutenant Chris Caroe's 2 Troop pushed on to the summit under naval artillery fire. Reaching there, they were forced back by Argentinian shellfire, but shortly returned driving off the Argentinian 3rd Platoon.  
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Soon after midnight as ''X-Ray'' Company continued its fight for ''Long Toenail'', ''Zulu'' Company followed by ''Yankee'' Company to their right, moved off from ''Pub Garden'' on their silent uphill approach. As the Argentinian 1st and 2nd Platoons were still distracted by ''X-Ray'' Company's attack, the other two companies went to ground until a flare near ''Zulu'' Company led to the right hand 8 Troop opening fire. The return enemy fire including mortars and artillery was so heavy, killing four men, that Lieutenant Clive Dytor led his men of 8 Troop forward in a bayonet charge towards the summit, followed by 7 Troop in a firefight that still left them short of their objective.  
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Soon after midnight as ''X-Ray'' Company continued its fight for ''Long Toenail'', ''Zulu'' Company followed by ''Yankee'' Company to their right, moved off from ''Pub Garden'' on their silent uphill approach. As the Argentinian 1st and 2nd Platoons were still distracted by ''X-Ray'' Company's attack, the other two companies closed in until an Argentinian flare illuminated ''Zulu'' Company and 8 Troop opened fire in response. The return enemy fire including mortars and artillery was so heavy, killing four men, that Lieutenant Clive Dytor led his men of 8 Troop forward in a bayonet charge towards the summit, followed by 7 Troop in a firefight that still left them short of their objective.  
    
''Yankee'' and ''Zulu'' Companies attacked the northern peak of Two Sisters at 1230 local time and engaged in a two-hour firefight, during which the Argentinian mortar platoon commander (Lieutenant Luis Carlos Martella) was killed. The Argentinian mortars on Two Sisters were out of ammunition. However, the Marines lost two platoon commanders who were wounded to fire from the heavy mortars of the 6th Regiment's B Company in the valley between Mount Longdon and Two Sisters Mountain.
 
''Yankee'' and ''Zulu'' Companies attacked the northern peak of Two Sisters at 1230 local time and engaged in a two-hour firefight, during which the Argentinian mortar platoon commander (Lieutenant Luis Carlos Martella) was killed. The Argentinian mortars on Two Sisters were out of ammunition. However, the Marines lost two platoon commanders who were wounded to fire from the heavy mortars of the 6th Regiment's B Company in the valley between Mount Longdon and Two Sisters Mountain.
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